http://www.zonegathering.com/2005/12/08/thursday-leadership-lesson-seeking/ The Online Community for the Leaders of National Community Church Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:10:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.zonegathering.com/2005/12/08/thursday-leadership-lesson-seeking/#comment-842 The Zone Gathering » Blog Archive » Friday Scorecard Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:06:33 +0000 http://www.zonegathering.com/?p=239#comment-842 [...] For me, it was a big win to complete another core discipleship group/curriculum. Spiritual Experiments is the Port City for the Seeker Island of the discipleship map, which means it is a group that we believe every NCCer should experience and we will offer it at least once a year. I feel good about getting one under our belt, and now we can tweak it and re-engineer it to make the group a better experience next year. [...] [...] For me, it was a big win to complete another core discipleship group/curriculum. Spiritual Experiments is the Port City for the Seeker Island of the discipleship map, which means it is a group that we believe every NCCer should experience and we will offer it at least once a year. I feel good about getting one under our belt, and now we can tweak it and re-engineer it to make the group a better experience next year. [...]

]]> http://www.zonegathering.com/2005/12/08/thursday-leadership-lesson-seeking/#comment-345 Sarah O. Thu, 08 Dec 2005 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.zonegathering.com/?p=239#comment-345 Great post, Heather! I love what you said about spiritual disciplines being "opportunities" instead of obligations. I have heard several people express how frustrated they get with themselves when they cannot stick to certain spiritual discpline "goals" they set for themselves (e.g., reading through the Bible in a year, praying an hour each day). Their guilt robs them of the joy of simply being in God's presence and coming to know Him. The disciplines are designed to help us achieve communion with God, not set us up for failure. Thanks for underscoring this! Great post, Heather! I love what you said about spiritual disciplines being “opportunities” instead of obligations. I have heard several people express how frustrated they get with themselves when they cannot stick to certain spiritual discpline “goals” they set for themselves (e.g., reading through the Bible in a year, praying an hour each day). Their guilt robs them of the joy of simply being in God’s presence and coming to know Him. The disciplines are designed to help us achieve communion with God, not set us up for failure. Thanks for underscoring this!

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